Talk:Transporter wagon
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[edit] Transporter flatcar
During an intermediate phase of the conversion of the Port Pirie to Marree railway from narrow gauge to standard gauge, train lengths of standard gauge flat wagons were fitted with narrow gauge rails, to allow narrow gauge coal trains to by pass the difficult Flinders Ranges. The narrow gauge vacuum brakes were connected to the standard gauge train air brakes, to allow some flexing around curves
(Why? The narrow gauge wagons, would they not simply be properly tied down (secured) on the standard gauge flatcars and would that not be the end of it?). There are no tight overbridges (overpasses) or tunnels to resrict operation of these double deck trains. --Peter Horn 18:57, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
